By Risa De Ferrari, Green Chamber of Commerce Certified Benefit Corporations and B Corps are a new classification of business joining the ranks of certifications such as: sole proprietorships, standard incorporations (C Corps or S Corps), and limited liability corporations (LLCs) to name a few.  Benefit Corporations are unique in that they build upon the [...]

Why My Company Became a B Corporation by Nancy Goldstein, Compass(X)Strategy I was 13 years old, like many Jewish kids, I stood up in front of my friends and family, read nervously from the Torah, and publicly declared (mostly symbolically) “Today I take my part in adult society.”  This week, I stood up and made [...]

By David Chen, Equilibrium Capital Group, LLC In a recent blog post on Sustainable Business Oregon, Doug Morris asks an important question: How will investors respond to B Corps? I think there are a growing number of investment firms, both boutique and global, that are asking this question. A major institutional financial service institution has [...]

Our current economic and financial systems sanction obscene excesses at the expense of society. It’s easy and therapeutic to rant. It’s more helpful, but more challenging, to propose viable alternatives. In my last three blogs, I reviewed Hazel Henderson’s, Michael Moore’s, and David Korten’s thoughtful proposals on how to repair our economic and financial systems. [...]

WHY WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS, TO B IS THE WAY TO BE It’s fair to say that corporations are only as good as the people who stand behind them. No matter how politicized the themes of corporate personhood, or how unwieldy and out of control many mega-corporations are today, a fundamental mission statement is [...]

MD State Senator Jamie Raskin recently wrote an insightful blog post concerning the importance of passing Benefit Corporation legislation.  Jamie Raskin represents Silver Spring and Takoma Park, MD.  He introduced SB 690, which became, in April 2010, the first Benefit Corporation law in America. In his post, he states, “There is a structural cause for [...]

The first national B Corp brand campaign has launched and we are so excited. The campaign invites 17 MM values-driven consumers to support ‘a better way to do business’. The ads feature more than 60 of the 330 Certified B Corps in home and office settings with the unifying message ‘Better Companies Make Better Products.  B [...]

We make decisions everyday, from what to eat, to what to wear, to where to shop. This can be fun, but the number of options is overwhelming. How do you make the right choice? Here’s one way: On November 15, 2010, WorldofGood.com by eBay launched its very first Trust Provider custom web portal focused on B [...]

I had heard of B Lab and their certification a few years ago and thought it was a great idea – for businesses bigger than mine. I even started their online ‘Impact Assessment’ but petered out, thinking it wasn’t worth my time since I’d already taken so many steps to be a sustainable company. Not until [...]